All Space articles – Page 61
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NewsScaled Composites' explosion investigation points to oxidiser tank failure
California's occupational safety and health division investigation into Scaled Composites' 26 July 2007 nitrous oxide explosion points to...
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ESA seeks purchase of more ISS astronaut time
The European Space Agency wants to increase its astronaut time on the International Space Station from six months in every two years to six in every year...
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NewsVirgin considers SpaceShipTwo/White Knight II pilot tuition
Simulator and in-flight training on SpaceShipTwo...
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ISS tourism trips to end with April 2009 flight
Space tourism trips to the International Space Station will no longer be possible from May 2009 when the station increases its crew compliment from three...
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NASA and India renew co-operation
NASA and India have signed a pact on space exploration that sets the terms for future co-operation in the peaceful uses of outer space. Signed on 1 February...
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NASA plans 15 April 2009 Ares I-X flight test
NASA's Ares I-X test flight of a four-segment solid rocket motor with a dummy fifth segment, upper stage and payload will take place on 15 April 2009, sources...
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ESA funds MEMS satellite propellant gauging system
The European Space Agency has awarded Swedish company NanoSpace a €500,000 ($740,000) contract to develop a propellant gauging...
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NewsVirgin Galactic's White Knight II to roll out in May
Virgin Galactic expects Scaled Composites to roll out its SpaceShipTwo...
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Scaled goes back to the future for Virgin Galactic
Will the second decade of the 21st century finally see the dawn of personal spaceflight as a practical, fare-paying, scheduled reality? Virgin Galactic certainly...
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€1 billion ESA/JAXA Mercury mission faces keys tests
Key technical milestones have yet to be achieved for the €1 billion ($1.46 billion) joint European...
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Unmanned aboard - Northrop Grumman aims to prove UCAS can operate from carriers
It is 2011, 100 years after the first aircraft landed on a ship, and Northrop Grumman's X-47B is on final descent to the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Truman,...
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NewsPICTURES: Virgin Galactic unveils Dyna-Soar style SpaceShipTwo design and twin-fuselage White Knight II configuration
Virgin Galactic has unveiled a SpaceShipTwo design, created by Scaled Composites, that harks back to the 1960s era NASA/USAF X-20 Dyna-Soar, and its carrier aircraft, White Knight II has been given a twin-fuselage configuration
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NewsPICTURE: ATK releases first image of PlanetSpace COTS bid launch vehicle hardware
Alliant Techsystems has released information about its proposed Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) demonstration programme launcher for space services company PlanetSpace's bid, after PlanetSpace was selected as a finalist by NASA
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NASA designs lunar positioning system for exploration
NASA is developing a lunar positioning system satellite constellation that would enable its Altair...
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GIOVE-B signal generator modified as launch slips to April
Preparations for testing the final configuration of Europe's Galileo navigation satellites have been boosted by the European Space Agency's announcement...
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British Interplanetary Society proposes ISS habitation module
The London based-British Interplanetary Society has proposed a UK built International Space Station habitation module that it estimates would cost £225 million...